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"Jeremy Harmon" <jstopthespamharmon@lamar.stopthespam.colostate.edu> wrote
in message news:3de4fba9@news.ColoState.EDU...
: "Kingfish." <spam_trap_void@yahoo.com> wrote in message
: news:Vn6F9.6141$D5.473712@news.randori.com...
: > Apodaca Post Office
: >
: > On November 6th President Bush signed into law Congressman Schaffer's
: > legislation to name a Fort Collins Post Office after Barney Apodaca, a
: > popular local resident who is developmentally disabled.  "Barney is a
: great
: > ambassador for people who have extraordinary challenges and find amazing
: > ways to meet them," said Schaffer.  "His contribution to the city of Ft.
: > Collins is immeasurable, and it gives me great pleasure to recognize his
: > achievements by designating a U.S. Post Office in his honor." The law,
: > 107-283, designates the facility located at 301 South Howes Street in
Fort
: > Collins, Colorado as the "Barney Apodaca Post Office."
:
: I love that they did this.  There are very few people who are more
: synonymous with Fort Collins than Barney, except maybe the "Penny Man",
but
: I don't think anybody knows what the hell his name is.  Anyways, between
: "neighborhood nuissance" ordinances, kicking the kids out of Old Town
before
: finally closing it, ending College Days and outlawing cruising and
: loitering, it's good to see that someone found the time to make an act of
: government that actually works to *preserve* and *promote* the character
and
: integrity of Fort Collins as a community.  GO BARNEY!
:
: Jeremy

I know who Barney is, but who is the Penny Man?  I don't get out much
anymore.



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